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A Break-In and a Cover-Up
United States v. Mitchell (1976)
Charge: Conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjuryCourt: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)State: District of ColumbiaDocket: All the President's Men
The facts
A former U.S. Attorney General, by then running the president's re-election campaign, was accused of joining a plan to hide the campaign's part in a break-in at the rival party's national headquarters. The proof included documents burned after a suggestion to 'have a fire', a press statement denying any campaign link to the men arrested, and false answers given later under oath. Much of the case rested on the testimony of a former White House lawyer who had been in the room himself.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Haldeman, 559 F.2d 31 (D.C. Cir. 1976)
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